Yamaguchi Reaches 2018 Karuizawa International Quarters

SKIP
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Third
Satoshi
Koizumi

Second
Fukuhiro
Ohno

Lead
Taisei
Kanai

Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the 2018 Karuizawa International playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, CAN). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Yamaguchi finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamaguchi lost 5-2 to Carruthers, droppimg another game, 5-3 to Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR) where Yamaguchi responded with a 8-1 win over Daiki Shikano (Sapporo, JPN). Yamaguchi won 11-1 against Yoshiro Shimizu (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Yamaguchi earned 10.463 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Karuizawa International, moving up 54 spots the World Ranking Standings into 157th place overall with 22.991 total points. Yamaguchi ranks 197th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.463 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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